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Hot melt adhesive compositions

EP 0697451 B1 · Applicant: National Starch and Chemical Investment Holding Corporation

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  • Filed July 5, 1995 and granted May 6, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 5, 2015.
  • A supplementary protection certificate, which can extend a medicine or crop-protection patent, adds at most five and a half years, so even that would have ended by January 5, 2021.
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FiledJuly 5, 1995
PublishedFebruary 21, 1996
GrantedMay 6, 1998
Term endedJuly 5, 2015
Application numberEP 95110495
Classification (CPC)C09J153/02

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1996199820002002200420062008201020122014Application filedJuly 5, 1995PublishedFeb 21, 1996Patent grantedMay 6, 1998Term endedJuly 5, 2015

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